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bush opened the door wide for a democrat to win. throughout american history, race has been a disqualifier even if favorable, political circumstances. not in 2008. overall, american voters did not -- this is meaningful if imperfect progress. in three days, we'll learn if america's first black president will be re-elected. the conditions are very different this time around. he is the incumbent, the economy is still limping and it may be harder generally to win reelection of our previous 42 presidents. only 16 were elected to two terms. if america doesn't choose president obama again, it is not an automatic indictment of our racial progress. if he wins, we can't smugly congratulate ourselves on our racial pro dpres. this is an election, not a group therapy session. no matter the outcome on tuesday, when we wake on wednesday morning, our country will be a place where being born black is a tremendous disadvantage compared with being born white. on wednesday we still have to grapple with ending overt racism, discrimination and persistent
bush opened the door wide for a democrat to win. throughout american history, race has been a disqualifier even if favorable, political circumstances. not in 2008. overall, american voters did not -- this is meaningful if imperfect progress. in three days, we'll learn if america's first black president will be re-elected. the conditions are very different this time around. he is the incumbent, the economy is still limping and it may be harder generally to win reelection of our previous 42...
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we had an almost seven-year expansion with bush. here we are 3 1/2 years and what it tells us is that the length of these expansions is getting shorter, not because of any particular policy. that's a pattern that is going on now, which is something that troubles us here at home. it is something that troubles developed economies. this is a serious policy issue, which is going to basically have to deal with high unemployment almost no matter what. >> it can't be addressed simply by saying, china, you are behaving badly. we are in a global crisis. >> you are talking about turning the titanic. >> as i listen to you, i'm feeling a little bit of the angst that many of us felt in 2008. >> it is not that bad. >> i have been walking around for a month with this article, "the new york times" on october 2nd of 2012. it is bob draper with the mitt romney who might have been. it is this claim in this reporting that romney was in the room along with john mccain when they were getting the reporting. this is p as bad as we can imagine it being. it
we had an almost seven-year expansion with bush. here we are 3 1/2 years and what it tells us is that the length of these expansions is getting shorter, not because of any particular policy. that's a pattern that is going on now, which is something that troubles us here at home. it is something that troubles developed economies. this is a serious policy issue, which is going to basically have to deal with high unemployment almost no matter what. >> it can't be addressed simply by saying,...
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first all of the bush era tax cuts would be eliminated. bringing taxes on nearly every taxpayer and many businesses back to the preet-2001 rates. the payroll tax cuts instituted by president obama which has benefited the middle class will also expire along with $26 billion in unemployment insurance that supports thousands of americans without jobs. add that to the huge cuts in financing for nearly all federal programs, military and civilian alike, which would be about another $65 billion. now, why are we on this cliff again? aren't you thinking to yourself, don't these guys in washington do this every year? well, yeah. it wasn't always so dramatic. republicans and democrats alike have routinely raised taxes and made surgical cuts notice government services. back in 1982, even the gop hero ronald reagan instituted one of the largest tax increases in modern american history. what's going on? i this i it comes down to one important word, than word actually isn't taxes. it's power. here at the fiscal cliff base camp are the same players in the
first all of the bush era tax cuts would be eliminated. bringing taxes on nearly every taxpayer and many businesses back to the preet-2001 rates. the payroll tax cuts instituted by president obama which has benefited the middle class will also expire along with $26 billion in unemployment insurance that supports thousands of americans without jobs. add that to the huge cuts in financing for nearly all federal programs, military and civilian alike, which would be about another $65 billion. now,...
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bush, 1 in 16, bill clinton, 1 in 8 and george w. bush, 1 in 33. a mere 3%. with president obama, it is 1 in 47. compare that to more than half of the turkeys whose pardons he has granted. according to legend, president abraham lincoln pardoned a turkey when his son, tad, begged for mercy on behalf of the turkey that was to be the family's holiday meal. he was consistent. his biographer writes that he regularly used the pardon rather than con sign army deserters and their family to harsh punishment. he believed that government should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the boos soss some of society. president obama has not followed this example. the result may be that he is allowing resolvable injustices to persist. take the example of katy baraboo. she was only 22 when she helped her boyfriend mail he can stas citi to the u.s. she confessed and was convicted. she has had no further troubles. she can't vote and can't travel out of the country for work and is barred from adopting a child. cobbler, you got your pardon. katy's request was denined.
bush, 1 in 16, bill clinton, 1 in 8 and george w. bush, 1 in 33. a mere 3%. with president obama, it is 1 in 47. compare that to more than half of the turkeys whose pardons he has granted. according to legend, president abraham lincoln pardoned a turkey when his son, tad, begged for mercy on behalf of the turkey that was to be the family's holiday meal. he was consistent. his biographer writes that he regularly used the pardon rather than con sign army deserters and their family to harsh...
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bush gave president bush 40% of the vote. >> right. the funny thing -- first of all, i have to say this. this was a really good week to be latino. i'm not just saying that because president obama was re-elected. for two generations hispanic voters have been the sleeping giant and people always wonder why we don't show up in proportionate numbers. where were we? that's always been a nagging question. for so many people, republicans and democrats alike, all right, we are fully engaged in the civic process. there's tremendous pride. the republicans are already talking about all this hispanic outreach and reaching out to latinos. what they don't realize, they're focused on their messaging, toning down the debate. it's not the messaging. >> it's the policy. >> right. their messaging was loud and clear. we know what their messages are and people rejected it. now their plan b, which they are going to, is promoting candidates such as marco rubio, ted cruz. saying, okay, now we're going to dress up these policies that no one likes with a brown
bush gave president bush 40% of the vote. >> right. the funny thing -- first of all, i have to say this. this was a really good week to be latino. i'm not just saying that because president obama was re-elected. for two generations hispanic voters have been the sleeping giant and people always wonder why we don't show up in proportionate numbers. where were we? that's always been a nagging question. for so many people, republicans and democrats alike, all right, we are fully engaged in...
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bush in eight years? >> yes. >> and mitt romney wants to take us back. so i can't even envision a romney presidency, but you're absolutely right. the supreme court is critical. everything that, you know, our constitution protects for us is at stake. >> let me bring in karen here. karen, i know that part of what president obama has done so beautifully is to make this argument that senator boxer is making there, the reproductive rights are economic rights, they are pocket book issues. >> that's absolutely right. i serve on the board of pro choice america. one of the things i know, the senator knows this, we found out about a year ago and gallup found it as women, ell, in battleground states, high percent sage of women, access to abortion care is higher than the economy, higher than jobs because women understand, again, that if you don't have access to birth control, if you don't have access to abortion care, those are sort of gate issues to other things. that means -- they pacts your ability to work outside the home, to care for your family. and the presid
bush in eight years? >> yes. >> and mitt romney wants to take us back. so i can't even envision a romney presidency, but you're absolutely right. the supreme court is critical. everything that, you know, our constitution protects for us is at stake. >> let me bring in karen here. karen, i know that part of what president obama has done so beautifully is to make this argument that senator boxer is making there, the reproductive rights are economic rights, they are pocket book...
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bush brought out the willie horton ads. since that time, no politician can afford to be soft on crime. the use of solitary is in some ways a i am tomorrow of the overcrowd of the prison, if you will, the dumping of all of our social problems, mentally ill, juvenile, gangs. the resentment towards prisoners that leads to the underfunding of prisons. overcrowding, making prisons unsafe and when they're unsafe, people act out. they fight with each other. they end up in solitary. the officers are frightened. let me -- i'll go you one better. in at least one state if an inmate entered the system and they believed he was a gang member, he was automatically put directly into segregation unless and until he renounced his gang membership and informed, i'm talking about guantanamo, informed on other gang members which in some ways could be a death sentence for himself. now, if that's not an issue of segregation, i don't know what is. >> i appreciate that you brought this -- there's an international politics for this, there's a taste i
bush brought out the willie horton ads. since that time, no politician can afford to be soft on crime. the use of solitary is in some ways a i am tomorrow of the overcrowd of the prison, if you will, the dumping of all of our social problems, mentally ill, juvenile, gangs. the resentment towards prisoners that leads to the underfunding of prisons. overcrowding, making prisons unsafe and when they're unsafe, people act out. they fight with each other. they end up in solitary. the officers are...
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bush's in 2000. no denying it. it was a big win. and as i said before, size does matter. at least when it comes to laying claim to a mandate. so the president may have earned political capital, but what is he going to say about the argument for why he's earned it. why did the electorate overwhelmingly vote to put this president back in the white house? does tuesday's win tell us a story sufficient to explain what america wants? now, listening to the president on tuesday night, i noticed a subtle but important shift in how he is thinking about the second term. in both 2008 and this past tuesday, president obama told a story during his speech. in 2008, the narrative of the then president-elect obama gave was about his win was a culmination of struggle. he told the narrative of 106-year-old ann nixon cooper who cast her ballot in atlanta that evening. >> she was born just a general ration past slavery, a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky. when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons. because she was a woman and because of the color of her s
bush's in 2000. no denying it. it was a big win. and as i said before, size does matter. at least when it comes to laying claim to a mandate. so the president may have earned political capital, but what is he going to say about the argument for why he's earned it. why did the electorate overwhelmingly vote to put this president back in the white house? does tuesday's win tell us a story sufficient to explain what america wants? now, listening to the president on tuesday night, i noticed a...
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like that difference between the benghazi situation and what we saw the bush administration do around iraq, that distance is huge. >> it also is a difference between having people who are able and there and available to stand up and call it for what it is. >> thank goodness. >> sorry. go ahead. >> the nexus of the assumed lack of power and support that is historical assumption based on the fact that white men used to have exclusive power and you assume that people who are female and of color do not have that power. that is changing. women and people of color just elected the president. they just elected the senators. i mean -- >> the ma yort of the democratic party in congress. >> you have marcia fudge. you have the women who yelled at luke russert a few weeks ago behind nancy pelosi with a comment about age. there's now a more visible -- to point out that this attack is baseless. >> the most difficult coalition to keep together. the other thing we'll see is a supreme court of the united states is a difference about affirmative action. when there is a white woman plaintiff and affirma
like that difference between the benghazi situation and what we saw the bush administration do around iraq, that distance is huge. >> it also is a difference between having people who are able and there and available to stand up and call it for what it is. >> thank goodness. >> sorry. go ahead. >> the nexus of the assumed lack of power and support that is historical assumption based on the fact that white men used to have exclusive power and you assume that people who...